How Many Backlinks?

Sure, you have a blog which indexed by the search engine. But do you know how many backlinks you need to be ranked higher? Or more precisely, how do you plan to get to the top of Google's SERP (or search engine results page)? How many backlinks will that take? How about the source of the backlinks? Which sites are ideal for backlinks?

You need to know how many backlinks will move a webpage to the top of Google's SERP. Without a sense of the number of backlinks you need, you will less likely adjust your online activities to match your target readership. By counting the backlinks, you are moving closer to solving a persistent publishing problem.

This July, read Blogger Brigade Journal's Social Networking Projects for insights into how BlogLeader and DomainEngineer propose to compete for Page 1 of Google's SERP.